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by rst 3752 days ago
The Bill of Rights is taken to apply with full force only to US Citizens. The kids aren't.
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zeckalpha 3752 days ago
If so, then why do we use Guantanamo Bay to house people we don't want to have constitutional rights?
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chimeracoder 3752 days ago
It's not that it doesn't apply at all to non-citizens; it's just that the extent to which it applies is comparatively limited.

Guantanamo Bay is also different because it's also believed to be violating international law.

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briandear 3752 days ago
That isn't true. The sixth amendment relates to criminal law and not civil proceedings. The Constitution applies to everyone in the United States. Plenty of cases of illegal aliens have been thrown out due to Miranda violations, etc but a deportation hearing is civil.
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ikeboy 3752 days ago
Seems more complicated. The criminal amendments apply, but the second is disputed.

http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/immigration/255281-yes...

https://reason.com/blog/2015/08/24/ilegal-aliens-have-second...

https://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2012/12/court-illegal-ali...

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